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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 23, 2016Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2016, 9:55 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2016, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 23, 9:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 9:00 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Tulsa OK
900 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered severe thunderstorms continue across portions of eastern
Oklahoma, mainly east of a Miami to McAlester line.  The dryline has
stalled near a KBVO TO KSNL line with a cold front lurking to the
west across central Oklahoma. The front will begin to surge into
the area this evening and is expected to catch up with the line of
thunderstorms around 11 pm. This will allow the thunderstorms to
become more linear in nature. Expect the severe threat to end around
midnight with some lingering showers and thunderstorms continuing into
the overnight hours.

Will allow the Red Flag Warning to expire at 9 pm and will continue
the wind advisory until 1 am. Will continue to make adjustments to the
grids for tonight as the event wears on.

&&

.TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...Freeze Watch from late Thursday night through Friday morning for
     OKZ054>059-061>063-068-069.

     Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for OKZ054>071-073.

AR...Freeze Watch from late Thursday night through Friday morning for
     ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020.

     Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for ARZ001-010.

&&

SHORT TERM...10

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 4:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
453 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241030-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
453 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL INCREASES THIS EVENING...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 7 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75.
	ONSET...AFTER 6 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...WEST OF A LINE FROM CRAIG TO MCINTOSH COUNTIES.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.

DISCUSSION...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ONGOING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES
AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY AGGRESSIVE
WILDFIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM TULSA TO MCALESTER.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
AS STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  FURTHERMORE...
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL POSE THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES
HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR A WIDESPREAD OR
PROLONGED TORNADIC THREAT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:14 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:34 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:46 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
946 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0754 PM     HAIL             2 N WAGONER             35.99N 95.37W
03/23/2016  E1.50 INCH       WAGONER            OK   PUBLIC

            SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT WHITE HORN COVE, NORTH OF
            WAGONER

&&

AEJ

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Mar 23, 9:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	38 min
Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner	48 min
Mar 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	27 min
Mar 23, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	39 min
Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	38 min
Mar 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	33 min
Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	29 min
Mar 23, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	40 min
Mar 23, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	47 min
Mar 23, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	28 min
Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	41 min
Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah	42 min
Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	39 min
Mar 23, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	35 min
Mar 23, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	35 min
Mar 23, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	36 min
Mar 23, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	50 min
Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	49 min
Mar 23, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	47 min
Mar 23, 9:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	4 hr
Mar 23, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	45 min
Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	51 min
Mar 23, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	35 min
Mar 23, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Mar 24, 3:09 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more	30 hr
Mar 23, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	27 min
Mar 23, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	25 min
Mar 23, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	29 min
Mar 23, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	38 min
Mar 23, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	63 min
Mar 23, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	16 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.